Hilary Swank was born in Lincoln, Nebraska and has an estimated net worth of $40 million dollars. An actor and producer known for her chameleon-like ability to disappear into roles, Hilary Swank has won two Academy Awards for her work in the films, "Boys Don't Cry", and "Million Dollar Baby".

Hilary Ann Swank (born July 30, 1974) is an American film actress. She has won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, as Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry (1999) and as struggling waitress-turned-boxer Maggie Fitzgerald in Million Dollar Baby (2004). She also put in a notable performance in Insomnia, working alongside Al Pacino. Since 2003, Swank has also worked as an executive producer.Swank was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. Her mother, Judy Kay (n'ee Clough), was a secretary and dancer, and her father, Stephen Michael Swank, was an officer in the Air National Guard and later a traveling salesman. She has a brother, Daniel, who is eight years her senior. Her surname, originally Schwenk, is of German origin. Many of Swank's family members hail from Ringgold County, Iowa, and her maternal grandmother was of Spanish and Shoshone (Native American) ancestry. After having lived in Spokane, Washington, Swank's family moved to a trailer park near Lake Samish in Bellingham, Washington, when Swank was six.She attended Happy Valley Elementary, Fairhaven Middle, then Sehome High School in Bellingham until she was sixteen. She also competed in the Junior Olympics and the Washington state championships in swimming; she ranked fifth in the state in all-around gymnastics.Swank made her first appearance on stage when she was nine years old, starring in The Jungle Book. She became involved in school and community theater programs, including those of the Bellingham Theatre Guild and The Seattle Children's Theater.When she was fifteen, her parents separated, and she and her mother, supportive of her daughter's desire to act, moved to Los Angeles, where they lived out of their car until Swank's mother saved enough money to rent an apartment. Swank has called her mother the inspiration for her acting career and her life. In California, Swank enrolled in South Pasadena High School, dropping out later. She described her time at South Pasadena High School: "I felt like such a

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These days, being just an actress doesn’t cut it—even if you’re a really, really good one. Hollywood 2.0 is all about the side hustle, whether it’s opening a restaurant, investing in a promising tech startup, or, in Hilary Swank’s case, launching ...

Just when it seems they’ve pulled off the most incredible robbery in North Carolina history, a relentless FBI agent, Sarah Grayson (Hilary Swank), begins snooping around the scene of the crime, and becomes suspicious of everything and everyone she comes ...

The increasingly excellent Keough (Golden Globe-nominated for her role in TV’s The Girlfriend Experience) is spot-on, too, although she doesn’t get the screen time she deserves; ditto Holmes, Katherine Waterston as a mobile medic and Hilary Swank as an ...

two-time Academy Award best actress Hilary Swank and Adam Driver, who played Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. A heist movie in the spirit of Soderbergh’s Ocean's franchise, he admits, with Charlotte Motor Speedway replacing a casino as a ...

In two days you can go to the theater and catch Channing Tatum in his newest movie, Logan Lucky, along with a bunch of other stars, like Hilary Swank, Katie Holmes, Seth MacFarlane, and Daniel Craig. On Tuesday, while visiting The Today Show as part of the ...